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Anyone else live without air conditioning?

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foidulus

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Jan 15, 2007
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I was just wondering how many people here don't have an air conditioner? If not, why don't you have one?

I haven't had AC since....god, its probably been 5 years...since I lived in Japan. Never had it at my cheapy college apartment in Pennsylvania and its not really necessary here in Germany, rarely gets above 30, and not really all that humid(at least where I am at). Don't really miss it and it does some pretty horrible things to the environment. However, I will have it on when I go to Osaka next month!
 
Scarlet Fever said:
i couldn't survive in the summer here (Melbourne, Australia) without Air Con. the 40 degree days get to you after a while...
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your not truely aussie if you rely on air con. :p haha im pulling ya mate.

i have a pool to swim in for those hot 90% humidity 35°C days.... the beach is only down the street aswell haha.

yet to see how ill cope in the middle of the goldy at summer (started uni this year). probably only bearable.
 
OllyW said:
No.

I live in England ;)
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Haha same here.

The only reason you really need air con over here is for computers to keep cool in the summer, in places like schools and offices where mass groups of people congregate.

However, that said, it has been BOILING for the past few days and I kinda wish I DID have air con... (or at least a fan :p)

Doesn't help that my iMac heats up like HELL when it's hot.
 
I didn't have it for a long time, now I have it just in my bedroom. It really makes for better sleeping in the summer. The rest of the day, I'm fine with just a fan.
 
The AC in my room has been broken for about 12 years now. I live in Sabah, on the island of Borneo - which a lot of Western tourists think is unbearably humid :D

I get by...
 
DoFoT9 said:
i hope your octo has readily access to some water!!!! or even nitro lol
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I have 2 mac pros in my office, along with a powermac g5 and powermac g4 and a couple of minis, all without AC :p I always put them to sleep when I'm not at work though.
 
Air conditioning is something we generally do without here in Englandshire, due to the fact hat it's usually only hot enough to warrant it for three days each year. :eek:

Today is, however, mafting. A much cheaper and delicious alternative to AC is an ice lolly, which I think I might go and have now. Ace. :cool:
 
We don't have it, neither in London nor Barcelona. In Barça we have an atico (basically like a penthouse, only smaller) so we just have a couple of ceiling fans installed to circulate the sea breezes coming through the windows. It helps that the main living space also faces south-east, which means it doesn't catch the full force of the sun in the afternoon.

And as already stated, you don't really need aircon in your home in London, only in the office.

Jaffa Cake said:
Today is, however, mafting. A much cheaper and delicious alternative to AC is an ice lolly, which I think I might go and have now. Ace. :cool:
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Or indeed a nicely chilled bottle of wine, the like of which I have just opened :)
 
My office is f r e e z i n g
I wear a jacket

On the flip side, in the winter is it like an oven

Building maintenance never can seem to get it right

The "right" temperature is something people rarely agree on

Woof, Woof - Dawg
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Jaffa Cake said:
Air conditioning is something we generally do without here in Englandshire, due to the fact hat it's usually only hot enough to warrant it for three days each year. :eek:

Today is, however, mafting. A much cheaper and delicious alternative to AC is an ice lolly, which I think I might go and have now. Ace. :cool:
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I was just downstairs fanning myself with the observer. It's 29 and I feel like I'm melting :D
 
és: said:
I was just downstairs fanning myself with the observer. It's 29 and I feel like I'm melting :D
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I was walking the dogs at 8:15 this morning and it was 25ºC. So I've spent the rest of the day sat in a small room with a toasty hot PB G4 and G4 QS :rolleyes::eek:
 
I must have air conditioning. I'm in London right now, and it's driving me nuts not having it. It's not all that hot, but it's so humid that the heat really gets to me and I just don't feel "fresh". This is probably due to the fact that I live in LA, which has air conditioning in every single indoor space. Everywhere.
 
MacDawg said:
And yet or forefathers seemed to get along without it
and it is a relatively new invention in the grand scheme of man's lifetime

Must be global warming :rolleyes:

Woof, Woof - Dawg
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AC is a major reason why the population in the South is growing so fast now. We've had more than 10 days so far this year of 100º F or hotter and even riding a motorcycle, it's hot!
Foregathers didn't worry too much about productivity when it got that hot - it was more like survival.;)
 
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